[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1217.104]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1217_DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF SPACE ARTICLES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1217.104  Certification forms.

    To the extent an authorized NASA official approves a request for 
certification, that official shall sign a certificate in the following 
form:
    (a) For articles procured by NASA, a Customs Service Form CF 7501 
(Entry Summary) shall be completed, and the following certification 
shall be used:

     Articles for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Item 9808.00.80, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

Program:________________________________________________________________

    I hereby certify that the articles identified in [attached invoice] 
are being imported for the use of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) in accordance with 9808.00.80, Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States.

Name____________________________________________________________________

Date____________________________________________________________________

    (b) For articles imported by NASA to implement international 
programs of NASA to which NASA will take title, or which remain the 
property of foreign entities under such programs, no entry is required 
pursuant to U.S. note 1 to HTSUS subchapter VIII of chapter 98. For such 
articles, the following certification shall be used:

Articles for Use in an International Program of the National Aeronautics 
                        and Space Administration

    Item 9808.00.80, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

Program:________________________________________________________________

Foreign Owner(s) (if applicable):_______________________________________

    In accordance with subheading 9808.00.80 and U.S. note 1 to 
subchapter VIII of chapter 98, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States, I hereby certify that the above-described shipment is being 
brought into the customs territory of the United States as part of an 
international program of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA). No CF 7501 entry is required for this shipment. 
All articles contained in this shipment are, and shall remain, the 
property of NASA or of the foreign entities identified above. Except for 
articles consumed in the execution of the above-described Program, none 
of these articles will be made available

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for sale or other disposition to persons or institutions not directly 
involved in the Program identified above.

Name____________________________________________________________________

Date____________________________________________________________________

    (c) A blanket certificate for a series of imports under a specific 
NASA international program or procurement is authorized but shall 
require written verification by a NASA official designated by a Director 
of a receiving NASA Installation that the articles received meet the 
conditions of the certificate. The blanket certificate shall be in the 
form of the certifications set forth in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this 
section, as appropriate, but shall include the following paragraph at 
the end thereof:

    Before this certification is used to obtain duty-free entry of these 
articles, a cognizant NASA official at the receiving NASA Installation, 
who is designated by the Installation Director, shall verify in writing 
that specifically identified articles to be entered on a particular date 
are the articles described in this certificate or its attachments. This 
verification and this certification shall be presented to the U.S. 
Customs Service at the time entry for the particular articles is sought.

Name____________________________________________________________________

Date____________________________________________________________________

    With respect to articles represented to be: procurements by NASA; or 
imports to implement international programs of NASA to which NASA will 
take title, or foreign-owned articles for use in a NASA international 
program, the NASA official issuing the blanket certificate shall review 
the proposed articles and approve their eligibility for duty-free entry. 
A description of these articles shall either be referred to in the 
blanket certificate and provided in Form CF 7501 (Entry Summary) for 
procurements or attached to the certificate for imports to implement 
NASA international programs, as appropriate.